alegrar Present Conjugation
alegrar — to cheer up
Alegrar is regular in the present: alegro, alegras, alegra, alegramos, alegráis, alegran.
alegrar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about what makes someone happy or how you cheer someone up habitually. It is very common in the reflexive form (alegrarse) to say 'I am glad'.
Notes on alegrar in the Present
Alegrar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense. There are no stem changes or spelling shifts to worry about.
Example Sentences
Esta noticia me alegra mucho el día.
This news really cheers up my day.
él/ella/usted
Yo siempre alegro a mis amigos con chistes.
I always cheer up my friends with jokes.
yo
Vosotros alegráis la fiesta con vuestra música.
You all brighten up the party with your music.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'alegro' when you mean 'I am happy' without the reflexive 'me'.
Correct: Me alegro
Why: Alegrar means 'to cheer someone else up'; to express your own feeling, you need the reflexive pronoun.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: alegré
The preterite of alegrar follows the standard -ar pattern: alegré, alegraste, alegró, alegramos, alegrasteis, alegraron.
Imperfect
yo: alegraba
Alegrar in the imperfect uses the -aba endings: alegraba, alegrabas, alegraba, alegrábamos, alegrabais, alegraban.
Future
yo: alegraré
The future of alegrar adds endings to the infinitive: alegraré, alegrarás, alegrará, alegraremos, alegraréis, alegrarán.
Conditional
yo: alegraría
The conditional of alegrar uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: alegraría, alegrarías, alegraría, alegraríamos, alegraríais, alegrarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: alegre
The present subjunctive of alegrar uses 'e' endings: alegre, alegres, alegre, alegremos, alegréis, alegren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: alegrara
The imperfect subjunctive of alegrar uses the -ra endings: alegrara, alegraras, alegrara, alegráramos, alegrarais, alegraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: alegra
The imperative of alegrar provides commands: alegra (tú), alegrad (vosotros), alegre (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no alegres
The negative imperative of alegrar uses the present subjunctive: no alegres, no alegre, no alegremos, no alegréis, no alegren.